INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Now that the Note 9 all good and official, it time to move onto the next major smartphone
The Google Pixel 3 leaks haven''t quite hit the fever pitch we saw with Samsung device ahead of launch — though there still time
After all, it seems likely the latest version of Google flagship Android handset won''t officially be official until October.
Even so, we&ve
already seen a handful of credible links, including a full unboxing last week, so we&re starting to develop a pretty good picture of what
we&re in for with the device
For starters, there what looks to be a pretty sizable top notch
That Google would embrace the notch this time around is no surprise, really
In additional to being all the rage on practically every non-Samsung flagship, Google made a big deal of making Android Pie notch-friendly
It seems to follow, then, that the company would embrace the polarizing design decision
That said, even by today notch-embracing standards, this is a big one
If anything, it seems that notches are actually getting bigger since Essential helped kickstart the trend by adding one to its first
phone.
Speaking of embracing trends, Google dropped the headphone jack for the Pixel 2, after mocking Apple decision to do so a year prior
From the looks of it, the company is helping ease the transition with a pair of USB-C headphones, forgoing the necessity for a dongle (there
does, however, still appear to be one in the box)
Of course, you&ll still have to figure out a way to listen to music while charging the phone
The design language is very similar to the company Pixel Buds, complete with loops for keeping them in place
It probably going too far to call them wired Pixel Buds, with all of the functionality that entails (translation and the like), but the
company does appear to be taking some cues from the lukewarmly received wireless earbuds
The Google Pixel XL, meanwhile, appears to be going really large this time out
The new 6.4-inch Note 9 got nothing on what reported to be a 6.7-inch display
We&re getting to the point where these things are basically tablets with calling capabilities
Of course, Samsung got the benefit of years of product design that have made it possible to sneak a large display into a relatively small
Without actually holding the new device, it hard to say how unwieldy it really is
Other bits and bobs include a Snapdragon 845, which is basically aprerequisite for any flagship smartphone to be taken seriously
The XLis also rumored to have a 3,430 mAh battery — actually a downgrade over last year model, in spite of yet another massive bump in
